Examples of misdemanors: traffic violations, vagrancy, entering and residing in this country illegally, trespassing, disorderly conduct, disorderly intoxication, battery, prostitution, and petty theft, hmmmmmmmm.


>>Well, I'm all for tracking guns for the purpose of knowing tracking them to criminals.
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>>The problem is that some would argue that it violates the 2nd amendment.
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>>And, crimanals are surely not going to register their guns, so all you've done is put another
>>hinderence on a law-abiding citizen.
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>I keep hearing this about how all it does is penalise the law-abiding citizen. I'll say this one more time. In every case ever recorded, the first time a criminal breaks the law, whether it's a school massacre or a robbery, he/she was a 'law-abiding' citizen the day before.
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>>>We have a national registry in Canada - It doesn't work. It's just a big waste of tax money. All it did was make every gun own a criminal in the eyes of the law. The government has since abandoned registry of long guns.
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>>>>I think there should be a national registry AND a national firearms license.
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>>>>Right now in the US a 16 year old kid can get a driver's permit and get behind the wheel of a
>>>>dangerous vehicle.
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>>>>A potential gun owner should be required to attend training before being awarded a license.
>>>>Then each time he/she buys a gun, it's entered into the database.
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>>>>Not only is the person tracked, but trained. This would reduce the accidental deaths by guns and
>>>>help track firearms.
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>>>>>Tracy,
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>>>>>Interesting links....and really supporting what is common sense.
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>>>>>By the way, does anyone recall the Islamic looting that took place in Europe right after the 9/11 attacks? Makes you wonder if all those guys would have done so, had they known that their victims would have been able to defend themselves.
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>>>>>I'm open to discussion on specifics of making sure that background checks for gun owners are as full-proof as possible. But the notions being promoted by some here are just way off base.
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>>>>>Kevin